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Photograph taken by Gertrude Bell in Iraq, February 1918

Description

Turkish prisoners being escorted by soldiers. People watching. "We had 700 prisoners in that week - I went to see them as they marched in to their camp. They looked hearty and well- fed but they were terribly ragged"

Reference code
GB/3/1/23/1/22
Creator
Bell, Gertrude Margaret Lowthian
Creation Date
-
Photograph Album Caption by Gertrude Bell
Basrah Turkish prisoners February. 1917
Former reference
W_022
Photograph album
Location
Iraq ยป Basra
IIIF Manifest
https://collectionscaptured.ncl.ac.uk/iiif/info/p21051coll153/6464/manifest.json